netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] be2net: avoid disabling sriov while VFs are assigned

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Message-Id: <20120510.233520.938899377509037311.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 10 May 2012 23:35:20 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	sathya.perla@...lex.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] be2net: avoid disabling sriov while VFs are
 assigned

From: Sathya Perla <sathya.perla@...lex.com>
Date: Wed, 9 May 2012 11:11:24 +0530

> Calling pci_disable_sriov() while VFs are assigned to VMs causes
> kernel panic. This patch uses PCI_DEV_FLAGS_ASSIGNED bit state of the
> VF's pci_dev to avoid this. Also, the unconditional function reset cmd
> issued on a PF probe can delete the VF configuration for the
> previously enabled VFs. A scratchpad register is now used to issue a
> function reset only when needed (i.e., in a crash dump scenario.)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sathya Perla <sathya.perla@...lex.com>

Applied.
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